Fuming Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has branded suggestions that the World Cup hosts could pick and choose their second round opponents as 'stupid and ill-intentioned'.

Scolari's blast appeared to be aimed at Holland boss Louis van Gaal, who on Sunday complained about the fact his side were playing before Brazil on Monday - despite having played their opening two games after the hosts.

With echoes of Sir Alex Ferguson the Dutch coach, who will soon take charge at Old Trafford, complained that Brazil will play their final Group A match against Cameroon in Brasilia four hours after Holland meet Chile in Sao Paulo in Group B.

Van Gaal accused FIFA of dirty ‘tricks’ and a lack of ‘fair play’ by claiming the fixtures give Brazil an advantage because they will know the identity of their likely second round opponents by the time they take on Cameroon.

But Scolari angrily hit back at suggestions his side would do anything other than try to beat Cameroon.

'Some people expressed a view that we were going to choose who we were going to play. Those sorts of comments are either stupid or ill-intentioned, I repeat stupid or ill-intentioned,' said Scolari, raising his finger.